RIDER www.solitudewithin.be main contact Name: Jean-Paul Laffargue mobile phone: +32 (0) 475 654825 email: jp@solitudewithin.be
1. TECHNICAL RIDER We play with In-ear monitors and provide in our own monitor mix. We have our own stagebox where all the signals (except drums) are centralized. All our connectors are XLR male and accept your XLR female connectors. To summarize, the sound technician only has to focus on 2 things when setting everything up: Miking the drums Connect our stagebox to your stagebox with your XLR male XLR female cables Stagebox Channel Behringer IEM Role as seen from mixing desk 1 Lead Vocal Input 1 2 Backing Vocal Input 2 3 Keyboard L Input 3 4 Keyboard R Input 4 5 Lead Guitar L Input 5 6 Lead Guitar R Input 6 7 Rhythm Guitar L Input 7 8 Rhythm Guitar R Input 8 9 Bass Guitar L Input 9 10 Bass Guitar R Input 10 11 Lead Vocal FX L Input optional 11 12 Lead Vocal FX R Input optional 12 13 Clicktrack => Motu Output 4 None 14 Aux Vocal sound technician Output optional 15 Backingtrack L => Motu Output 1 Input 13 16 Backingtrack R => Motu Output 2 Input 14 Line on mixing desk Please provide enough channels so all stereo channels can stay stereo. In case of an emergency, if you don t have enough channels available, the guitar and bass signals can be used in mono (channels 5, 7, 9)
Line Input Mic. Other option 1 Vocals Sennheiser e945 Wireless 2 Backing Vocals Sennheiser e845 3 Keyboard 1 L (Built In) DI 4 Keyboard 1 R (Built In) DI 5 Lead Guitar L (Built In) DI 6 Lead Guitar R (Built In) DI 7 Rhythm Guitar L (Built In) DI 8 Rhythm Guitar R (Built In) DI 9 Bass L (Built In) DI 10 Bass R (Built In) DI 11 Guide Track L (MOTU) (Built In) DI 12 Guide Track R (MOTU) (Built In) DI 13 Lead Vocals with FX L (Built In) DI 14 Lead Vocals with FX R (Built In) DI 15 Kick 1 AKG D112 Sennheiser e901 16 Snare 1 Sennheiser e604 Shure SM57 17 HiHat 1 Sennheiser e914 AKG C391B 18 * HiHat 2 Sennheiser e914 AKG C391B 19 Tom 1 Sennheiser e604 Shure SM57 20 Tom 2 Sennheiser e604 Shure SM57 21 Tom 3 Sennheiser e604 Shure SM57 22 Floor Tom 1 Sennheiser e604 Shure SM57 23 Overhead L Sennheiser e914 AKG C430 24 Overhead R Sennheiser e914 AKG C430 Aux 1 * Drum Mix L our stage box Aux 2 * Drum Mix R our stage box Aux 3 * Dir. Audio Engineer our stage box Aux 4 * Emmelie Monitors Vocal 1 & 2 Aux 5 * Johan Monitor Rhythm Guitar Aux 6 * Jean-Paul Monitor Lead Guitar Aux 7 * Ashley Monitor Drum Aux 8 * Quincy Monitor Bass * optional: if there is enough time and resources the monitors can be used as a backup for our inear system. Please turn volume to the wedges down if not in use. All devices listed above are examples. We have no problems in using different gear with the same quality from other brands.
A. PA REQUIREMENTS PA of a reputable brand o 24 Channels or more o Able to get a SPL of 103dB at the mixer Sound system of decent quality Effects Processor for vocals with at least compression and reverb (optional) Phantom power needs to be OFF. Some of our connected equipment doesn t like phantom power. B. MIXING GUIDELINES As we play with IEM s, we don t really need monitor wedges. If monitor wedges are present and connected, please keep the volume low or off. This way the vocals can be amplified to the max. The lead vocals must be mixed relatively loud. For lead vocals you can choose between the unprocessed signal (1) and the processed signal (13, 14) or make a mix of both. If you choose to use the unprocessed signal, you need to add some reverb and a fair amount of compression. Lead guitar (5, 6) can be mixed a little bit louder than rhythm guitar (7, 8). You can position them in the stereo image as they stand on stage, without panning too hard. Keyboard (3, 4) and backing track (11, 12) must be in stereo with full panning. Male backing vocals (2) are only present in one song ( Turn Away ) The concert starts with an intro where the backing track plays.
C. STAGE PLAN
The lead singer of the band also plays keyboard. She needs a long boom mic stand that reaches over the keyboard. A wireless microphone is best, because our singer walks around on stage and doesn t stay behind the keyboard. All signals are centralized in a splitter box on stage except for the drums. Although the drum kit has two bass drums, only the right one (viewed from drummer side) is used. There is a port hole in the bass drum. There are two hihats. If there are not enough channels/mikes the one on the right has priority. Optional return lines from desk to our mixer include 1 channel for vocal directions from audio engineer The yellow power outlets on the stage plan indicate where we need power. There are no amplifiers so the required amperage is very low.
2. HOSPITALITY RIDER A. PARKING 5 parking slots close to the venue/festival. Two of our cars need to stand close to the loading dock to facilitate loading and unloading. B. DRESSING ROOMS The organization offers a dressing room that is: Heated Guarded or lockable Neat Things that are present in the dressing room: A power supply Mirror Chairs and a table C. DRINKS The organization provides the artist and his companions the following items in the dressing room: A crate of beer (preferably Jupiler) Range of soft drinks (preferably Coca Cola Zero, Ice Tea Green) Energy drink (preferably "Monster") Sparkling water and still water Enough cups and/or glasses Drink coupons for in the venue D. FOOD Sandwiches or a hot meal o We have 2 vegetarians in the band!! Snacks E. ON STAGE 8 small bottles of water (Not cooled) Coca Cola Zero or light or similar for JP, preferably in small plastic bottles that can be closed again.